CVE-2021-31831
Incorrect access to deleted scripts vulnerability in McAfee DBSec
Incorrect access to deleted scripts vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain access to signed SQL scripts which have been marked as deleted or expired within the administrative console. This access was only available through the REST API.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Incorrect access to deleted scripts vulnerability in McAfee DBSec
Incorrect access to deleted scripts vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain access to signed SQL scripts which have been marked as deleted or expired within the administrative console. This access was only available through the REST API.
- Record
CVE-2021-31831- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18706
Incorrect access to deleted scripts vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain access to signed SQL scripts which have been marked as deleted or expired within the administrative console. This access was only available through the REST API.
- Record
EUVD-2021-18706- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jxm6-82v5-5m3h
Incorrect access to deleted scripts vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4...
Incorrect access to deleted scripts vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain access to signed SQL scripts which have been marked as deleted or expired within the administrative console. This access was only available through the REST API.
- Record
GHSA-jxm6-82v5-5m3h- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Incorrect access to deleted scripts vulnerability in McAfee Database Security (DBSec) prior to 4.8.2 allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain access to signed SQL scripts which have been marked as deleted or expired within the administrative console. This access was only available through the REST API.
- Record
CVE-2021-31831- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-31831 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Mcafee Database Security, published June 3, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.64%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.